Images Dated 30th September 2004

A delegates shadow is cast on the backdrop of the Labour party conference hall as

A delegate's shadow is cast on the backdrop of the Labour party conference hall as he waits to speak on a debate on Iraq during the Labour Party conference in Brighton. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE A delegate's shadow is cast on the backdrop of the Labour party conference hall as he waits to speak on a debate on Iraq during the Labour Party conference in Brighton, September 30, 2004. Pressure mounted on Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday after British hostage Kenneth Bigley who has been held in Iraq for almost two weeks appealed directly to him to secure his release. REUTERS/Russell Boyce - RP5DRHXQLLAB

Composite image of star trails over Stonehenge

Stonehenge. Composite image of star trails over the silhouetted stones of Stonehenge. Stonehenge is a prehistoric site comprised of four rings of standing stones in Wiltshire, UK. It is thought that Stonehenge was used to make astronomical obs- ervations. The site was built in several stages, beginning over 5000 years ago. The largest stones stand over 7 m high and weigh 40 tonnes. Star trails occur because of the apparent motion of the stars through the sky due to the rotation of the Earth about its axis. In the northern hemisphere the star trails form concentric circles centred on the Earth's North Celestial Pole (lower centre), which lies directly above the Earth's North Pole

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